Mother's Power(1960)

Name: Mother's Power
Director: Ahn Hyun chul
Released: 1960-01-01
Duration: 123 min
Cast: Kim Seung-ho, Ju Jeung-nyeo, Park Geum-hui, Heo Chang-kang

Kim Seung-ho Ju Jeung-nyeo Park Geum-hui Heo Chang-kang

Seoul, under a drizzling spring rain; Korea is under the rule of Japan. A gisaeng(Korean geisha) named Jeong-ok (Ju Jeung-nyeo) and Myeong-gyu (Lee Min), the son of a bank president, fall in love. However, the bank president, Lee Eun-jik (Kim Seung-ho), placing importance on family background, objects to his son's relationship because of Jeong-ok's occupation. However, Myung-gyu leaves home and sets up a home with Jeong-ok. When Myung-gyu dies, Jeong-ok has his baby, named Yeong-gu (Park Geum-hui). When Eun-jik brings Yeong-gu home to raise him as the family's successor, he becomes impressed with the close relationship between mother and son, finally bringing Jeong-ok into his household and accepting her as his daughter-in-law.